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Image copyright Getty Images Cosmopolitan magazine, one of the world's largest, is being removed from view at thousands of checkouts by the US supermarket giant Walmart. The move has been celebrated as a victory by a conservative non-profit group that has lobbied against the magazine's "hyper-sexualised" content for years. The National Centre on Sexual Exploitation…

Updated March 28, 2018 16:50:23 Photo: Cardinal Pell was being pursued by police, the court was told. (AAP: Luis Ascui) Detectives have been accused of "single-mindedly" pursuing charges against Cardinal George Pell as a Melbourne court heard Victoria Police set up a taskforce to investigate Australia's most senior Catholic cleric before receiving a complaint against…

A man accused of creating a secretive cult to coerce and manipulate women into being sex slaves is on his way back to New York after being arraigned Tuesday afternoon in a Texas federal court. Keith Raniere, founder of the self-help group NVIXM, was plucked from a luxurious villa near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Sunday…

By Sophie Lewis and Karen Willis Updated March 28, 2018 14:33:32 Photo: Many people are fearful they won't get the services they need in the public hospital system. (Flickr: Jake Guild) Every year at the end of March and early in April, the 11 million Australians who have private health insurance receive notification that premiums…

Updated March 28, 2018 14:34:39 Video: Cricket Australia's James Sutherland delivers preliminary investigation findings. (Photo: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko) (ABC News) When Australia's ball-tampering story broke, all that anyone who loved cricket wanted was a fast response. The scandal had descended in the early hours of the morning, while a handful of us in South Africa sent…

Updated March 28, 2018 14:33:32 Photo: Neil Robertson is undergoing chemotherapy and says the legal fight is not good for his health. (ABC News: Scott Jewell) Related Story: Collectors hit with shock fees to recover goods from auction house A dying man who is being asked to pay over $100,000 to get his own collection…